Question on Text for symbols <MOD-DIAM> etc.

Not really sure what you are looking for when you ask for a "finish" symbol therefore I don't know if this list will give you the answer. Do a Google search on this group for the topic Complete list of GDT symbol names and see if you find what you are looking for. The list was written in 2004 so there may be more by now.

WT

Surely you know what a surface finish mark is...

32/ \/

--Matt Schroeder

If you want the basic symbol, try 251 ( is holding down the alt key)

I'm not sure if every machine is using the same upper ascii set, though.

Bill

Are you opposed to using the surface finish Annotation. You can group it with other note items in 2007 and have them move as a single item.

Matt Schroeder wrote:

Corey,

I was hoping there was a text string that would result in my being able to put a finish symbol in as annotation text. For instance, if I put in an annotation who's characters are .250 I get plus minus symbol .250 but I'd like to know if there's a similar text string that will result in a finish mark. No big deal if there isn't, it would just make my solution to a title block problem that much easier.

The problem I have is this: Our drawing title blocks contain a box for a surface finish, this box in the TB has a finish mark present, albeit hand drawn with two lines, but it's there anyway, in the sheet format. No problems... Except some here would prefer that if there was no finish specification necessary on the drawing that there be no finish mark symbol in the title block. We fill in the finish value with a custom property, in a pulldown list from a program we have from our VAR, (which you likely knew Corey) so my possible solution to the wants of others here was to change the text string of the finish values in the pulldown to be prefixed with the proper text to generate the finish symbol along with it's value, if it was possible. i.e. 32 would, if it existed, make the digits 32 inside a finish mark, if there was such a text string, which I believe there is not. Then I could delete the two lines in the title blocks of my drawing templates, and everyone would be happy.

--Matt Schroeder

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Matt Schroeder wrote:

"CS" wrote in news:1158181304.819604.177480 @e63g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

Corey,

Very interesting. Can you expound this arcane knowledge to the rest of us? Are things liKE really just HTML tags? That was the only hint I could find in the help, and I had to go to the API help. Is there a table of these object id numbers?

Anyhow, when I tried this example (working in 05 today) I got "error: broken link"

I think I discovered it. These would be the values inserted by the buttons in the note property manager. They're probably not documented anywhere.

Exactly. I inserted it with the button and checked the tag. I don't know the inner workings of how they make it work but HTML tags sounds good to me. The one I posted was from SW2007 but I didn't check 2006 or earlier.

Dale Dunn wrote:

"CS" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

I followed that same procedure, and 05 used a differnt number. Apparently, this is subject to change. I wouldn't want to bet on this being correctly updated when saved in a newer version.

The question then is if you create a note in 05 referencing the finish symbol and import that into 06 or 07 will the symbol call get updated automatically or will it just fail?

Dale Dunn wrote:

"CS" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:

Ok, so I tried it. 06 and 07 worked that same as 05. is what I got in 05 when I added the finish symbol to a not in 05. The same appeared in 07 when I checked it. gave the same error in

07 as in 05. In 05 I tried changing my dimensioning standard from ANSI to ISO. Now the inserted object id is 3369. Apparently, this is dependent on standards, not versions.

Anyhow, on further reflection, this probably should update ok in new releases. This only worked in notes (I tried a dimension and a rev table). Since notes explicitly support adding the finish symbol, that should be supported.